Cooling chest



Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

SAMUEL KAYE, OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI.

COOLING CHEST.

Application filed January 15, 1923. Serial No. 612,744.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Kan, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Lowndes and State of Mississippi, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Cooling Chests, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cooling chests.

The object is to provide a cooling chest or refrigerator more particularly adapted for cooling soft-drinks, but which can be utilized for cooling any article of food.

The invention is simple, of few parts, easy to construct, and effective in its results.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section;

Fig. 2 is a top planview with the cover removed;

Fig. 8 is a transverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. .1.;

Fig. 4L is a view -in perspective of the tray; Y

FigQ is a perspective view ofthe water agitator;

Fig. 6 shows a detail.

A, represents the body of the refrigerator, and 1 is the cover. These are made in the usual way, and insulated to keep out the heat and retain the cold. As an additional means of keeping the interior at as low a temperature as possible, a flexible top 2 may be employed. This may be like the flexible top of a desk or cabinet, made of parallel strips with a backing of fienible material. In fact any covering such as a carpet. rug or blanket might be thrown over the entire cooling-chest as an additional means of retaining the cold. If desired, coils 7 and 8 may be located adjacent to the opposite walls of the interior of the chest and connected by the pipe A at the bottom for conducting and circulating water for drinking purposes through the coolingchest, and, when employed, these coils are so arranged that they may be lifted entirely out when the cover is removed for cleaning or any other reason.. Inlet and outlet pipes 9 and 10 are connected with the coils 7 and 8, and fit in the grooves 11 and 12 in the sides of the body, immediately-below the cover, to allow easy removal of the coils.

When these coils are used, they are held in position by supports 19. In a small box, two of these are suiicient for each coil, and

they are located at opposite ends. More might be employed and located at intermediate points in a larger size chest.

Perhaps the leading feature of my invention is the provision for partially submerging the articles t0 `be kept cool under a body of water n'iaintained at a low tempera.- ture. In order to do this, provision is made for holding` the ice down to a certain position Vbelow the body of water in which the articles to be kept cool are submerged. This may be done by a tray 1f', which serves f a double purpose, first, as a. support for holding the articles at a definite level below the water level, so that they are always kept submerged at a certain point in the cold water; and, second, to hold the ice which naturally rises a little above the water level to a point immediately below and in contact with the bottom of the tray. For this reason, the tray 16 is made of some conductor of cold, `such as sheet-metal, and inV convenient form. This has ribs 17 bent into .itat intervals to give it strength, and its ends are secured to the angle-iron strips 18 as illustrated in Fig. 4. When the water circulating coils 7 and 8 are employed, the ends 15 of these angle-irons 18 rest upon the coils. The supports 19, which bear the weight of the coils and hold them in position and properly spaced, may be bent inwardly at their upper ends to form the hooks 1a in position to come immediately above the ends 15 of the angle-irons, thus holding the tray down against the ice and keeping the ice at the proper level and in immediate contact with the bottom of the tray, so that the maximum degree of cold in the coolingchest would be on the tray at the point where the articles to be cooled rest.

The cooling-chest is perfectly efficient for its primary purpose without the coils 7 and 8, and if such coils were not used, the sheetmetal lining of the chest might have a flange 25 bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, to form a support for the tray, and any convenient means might be employed to bold the tray down upon the supports.

It is understood that when bottled goods are being cooled, or in fact any other articles, they are placed upon the tray 16. If bottled goods are being cooled as designed, the water level is kept comparatively high, so that they are always kept partly submerged while resting upon the tray, thus utilizing all the cold which the water has derived 'troni the ice to keepl the articles on the. trahiv at the desired temperature. t is understood that solid chunlis oi ice or chest oi; ifeifrigeritor in position Where i` may be raised .ric lowered. frein time to tiife, to agitato the Water Within the cooling' chest or iefigcrntor in order to eoiffil the teniyeretiire thereof;

i drei A connected W. .li the cooling' chest :i valve tlerein for oiieniii` or the drain. This drain normally rel; closed. only.v being opened to drain the troni the chest in order to iicilitate cleaning ot' the saine. oi.' f connected Vith the drain ipe between the valve and the chest, and

has a goosenecli 2S) in the upper end tliereot to prevent the Water troni rising above a deiinite level.

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cooling-chest purpose or keeping articles esting nii-on the tray cold; at the saine ti theyY are easil).v accessible ironi the top o; ie cooling-chest oi: refrigera or. which is :i desideratani5 especially for the dispensing oi? bottled goods.

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l. A cooline; chest including a body, a tray Within the bodyv for holding articles to be cooled, said tray having projections at the sides thereof, lugs for slidably engaging the upper surface of said projections for holding the tray in position. and ineans tor limiting the dov-inward inoveinent of: the tray.

2. i cooling-chest including a body and cover, the body adapted to be partly lilled with Water and ice, a tray for holdingl down the ice below the Water level, and toi' inaining` the articles to be cooled partially siilinArged, icc-Va er coils arranged Vertically :it opposite sides of the chest and torn ing a support for the tray, and supports for the coils liai'i intiirned pi jectioiis :it their npiier ends `or holdingl the tray down when in position on the coils.

ri cooling` chest including a body. a cover. a tra)7 Within the bodyv for holding; the articles t lie cooler. ice-Water coils arranged Within the chest and i'ioiniingl a supiioit 'for the tray, and supports for the coils having' iiitiirned projections at their upper endsI and ears on said tray for engaging said projections tor holding the Ci-a5v in position on the coils. l

Je. i cooling` chest including' a body7 a cover, a trayv ioi' holding the articles to be cooled. ice-Water coils arranged within the chest and iiorining a support 'toi' the tray, .inlet and Outlet pipes connected with the coilsj supports 'toi' the coils having intiirncd jifojectioiis et their iipiier ends and ears on said trayY Vfor engaging said proie tions for holding the tra)v in position on the coils. and overflow and drain pipes connected with the bod;Y igor drainingv the Water tlierei'roni.

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SAT1 UEL KATE. 

